Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to overcome the defects of the prior art and provides a composite material with silicon coated by a multi-heteroatom doped common carbon shell and a preparation method thereof.
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:
a composite material with silicon coated by a multi-heteroatom-codoped carbon shell takes nano-scale silicon particles as a core and takes a multi-heteroatom-codoped carbon material as a shell, a cavity exists between the silicon core and the carbon shell, and the silicon core and the carbon shell are connected through a conductive additive.
The heteroatom species in the multi-heteroatom co-doped carbon material is one or more of N, S, P and B; the conductive additive is one or more of carbon nano tube, conductive carbon black, graphene and carbon nano fiber.
The preparation method of the composite material comprises the following steps:
(1) pretreatment of a carbon precursor: stirring and mixing a carbon precursor and heteroatoms in an organic solvent in a one-pot mixing manner to obtain a doped carbon precursor raw material;
(2) silicon powder oxidation: performing high-energy ball milling treatment on industrial silicon powder and water for 1-4h according to the mass ratio of 1: 0.5-3; then heating the powder to 600-plus-one temperature of 900 ℃ and preserving the heat for 1-4h to obtain SiO2A mixture of/Si;
(3) carbon coating treatment: mixing the doped carbon precursor and the SiO obtained in the step (2)2the/Si mixture and the conductive additive are subjected to ball milling treatment according to the mass ratio of 1-3:5:1-0.5, and the carbon-coated composite material is obtained after heat treatment.
(4) Etching SiO2: placing the carbon-coated composite material in hydrofluoric acid solution to remove SiO2And filtering, washing and drying the components to obtain the composite material of the multi-heteroatom co-doped carbon shell coated conductive additive and the nano silicon.
In the step (1), the heteroatom type is one or more of four types of N, S, P and B.
The carbon precursor in the step (1) is one or more of medium-temperature pitch, high-temperature pitch, phenolic resin, saccharides and polyacrylonitrile.
The nitrogen source in the step (1) is one or more of melamine, urea, polyacrylonitrile, nitrogen-containing ionic liquid and amino acid, the sulfur source is one or more of sulfur, thiourea and dibenzyl disulfide, the phosphorus source is one or more of red phosphorus, ethylphosphonic acid and triphenylphosphine, and the boron source is one or more of sodium tetraphenylborate, boric acid and borane.
The heat treatment process of the step (3) comprises the following steps: heating to 650-1050 ℃ and preserving the temperature for 1-4 h.
The composite material is applied to a lithium ion battery as a negative electrode material.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the advantages that:
(1) good cycle performance
According to the invention, various heteroatoms are introduced into the carbon coating layer, and the doping of nitrogen atoms can increase the local charge density of the carbon material to form an n-type semiconductor, so that the electronic conductivity of the carbon material is improved, and the increase of alkaline nitrogen-containing functional groups on the surface can improve the surface wettability of the carbon material and increase the transport and diffusion rates of charge ions; the boron in the carbon structure not only can be used as a catalyst for graphitizing the carbon structure, promote the formation of the graphite structure of the carbon material, increase the electrical conductivity of the carbon material, but also can prevent the carbon material from being oxidized at high temperature; phosphorus and sulfur doping causes an increase in the spacing between the graphite sheets of carbon material, thereby facilitating the reaction of charged ions through the carbon layers with the silicon particles within. In addition, the doping atoms have a synergistic effect relationship, and the phosphorus atom doping can promote the formation of-C-S-C-bond and inhibit the unfavorable-C-SOx-generation of a C-bond. The heteroatoms act together to promote the formation of a compact and stable solid electrolyte interface film (SEI) on the surface of the carbon material and improve the cycle performance of the silicon carbon material.
(2) Size-adjustable cavity structure
According to the invention, a cavity structure is introduced between the carbon shell and the silicon particles, and the size of the cavity can be adjusted. The existence of the cavity is beneficial to buffering the volume expansion of the silicon particles in the lithium embedding process, so that the structural stability of the silicon particles is ensured, and the negative electrode material has good cycle performance (300 cycles, the capacity retention rate is 85%).
(3) Good overall conductivity
According to the invention, the carbon nano tube, the conductive carbon black or the graphene and other conductive agents are added in the preparation process of the silicon-carbon material, so that the defect of small contact area between the silicon core and the carbon shell caused by the cavity is avoided, the electron transmission speed between the carbon shell and the silicon core is increased, and the overall conductivity of the material is effectively improved.
Detailed description of the invention
The present invention will be described in further detail below with reference to examples to enable those skilled in the art to better understand the present invention, but the present invention is not limited to the following examples.
Example 1
(1) Pretreatment of a carbon precursor: weighing 2g of medium-temperature asphalt in a mortar, grinding into powder, pouring into a conical flask filled with 50ml of toluene solution, and stirring for 20 min; and then weighing 2g of melamine, 1g of sublimed sulfur, 0.5g of sodium tetraphenylborate and 1g of red phosphorus, sequentially adding the melamine, the sublimed sulfur, the 0.5g of sodium tetraphenylborate and the 1g of red phosphorus into the solution, carrying out ultrasonic treatment for 10min, and then stirring and evaporating to dryness to obtain the medium-temperature asphalt mixed with the nitrogen source, the sulfur source, the boron source and the phosphorus source.
(2) Silicon powder oxidation treatment: the industrial silicon powder and water are filled into a ball milling tank according to the mass ratio of 1:1, argon is introduced for protection, and then high-energy ball milling treatment is carried out for 2 hours at the rotating speed of 1000 r/min. Transferring the treated powder into a tube furnace, heating to 800 ℃ under the protection of argon, and keeping the temperature for 2h to obtain SiO2And a mixture of Si.
(3) Carbon coating treatment: mixing the doped asphalt and SiO2the/Si mixture and the carbon nano tube are filled into a ball milling tank according to the mass ratio of 3:5:1, argon is introduced for protection, and high-energy ball milling treatment is carried out for 2 hours at the rotating speed of 1000r/min to obtain the carbon nano tube and SiO coated by the asphalt2A composite material of/Si. Transferring the material into a tube furnace, heating to 850 ℃ under the protection of argon, and keeping the temperature for 2h to obtain the carbon nano tube and SiO coated with multi-heteroatom doped carbon2A composite material of/Si.
(4) Hydrofluoric acid etching treatment: pouring the materials into hydrofluoric acid solution with the mass fraction of 5 wt%, wherein the hydrofluoric acid and the SiO are2The mass ratio of (A) to (B) is 3:2, and stirring treatment is carried out for 20 min. And after vacuum filtration and water washing, drying at 80 ℃ for 2h to obtain the N, S, B and P multi-heteroatom co-doped carbon shell coated carbon nanotube and nano silicon composite material, wherein the composite material is used as a lithium ion battery cathode material.
SEM result shows that there is no naked nanometer silicon particle, the silicon particle is totally coated by the carbon layer, connect each other between the carbon shells; TEM representation results show that the nanoscale silicon particles are uniformly coated by the carbon layer, and a certain cavity is formed between the silicon core and the carbon layer; XPS results show that the coated carbon layer contains N, S, B and P heteroatoms, and the purpose of co-doping the carbon layer with multiple heteroatoms is achieved.
Electrochemical results show that the first charge-discharge efficiency is 89%, the charge specific capacity is 1490mAh/g, after 500 cycles, the capacity retention rate is 85%, and the cycle performance is stable.
Example 2
(1) Pretreatment of a carbon precursor: weighing 2g of medium-temperature asphalt in a mortar, grinding into powder, pouring into a conical flask filled with 50ml of toluene solution, and stirring for 20 min; and then weighing 2g of melamine, 1g of thiourea and 0.5g of boric acid, sequentially adding the melamine, the thiourea and the boric acid into the solution, carrying out ultrasonic treatment for 10min, and then stirring and evaporating to dryness to obtain the medium-temperature asphalt mixed with the nitrogen source, the sulfur source and the boron source.
(2) Silicon powder oxidation treatment: the industrial silicon powder and water are filled into a ball milling tank according to the mass ratio of 1:0.5, argon is introduced for protection, and then high-energy ball milling treatment is carried out for 3 hours at the rotating speed of 1000 r/min. Transferring the treated powder into a tube furnace, heating to 800 ℃ under the protection of argon, and keeping the temperature for 2h to obtain SiO2And a mixture of Si.
(3) Carbon coating treatment: mixing the doped asphalt and SiO2the/Si mixture and the conductive carbon black are filled into a ball milling tank according to the mass ratio of 2:5:1, argon is introduced for protection, and high-energy ball milling treatment is carried out for 2 hours at the rotating speed of 1000r/min to obtain the conductive carbon black and SiO coated by the asphalt2A composite material of/Si. Transferring the material into a tube furnace, heating to 850 ℃ under the protection of argon, and keeping the temperature for 2h to obtain N, S and B heteroatom doped carbon coated conductive carbon black and SiO2A composite material of/Si.
(4) Hydrofluoric acid etching treatment: pouring the materials into hydrofluoric acid solution with the mass fraction of 5 wt%, wherein the hydrofluoric acid and the SiO are2The mass ratio of (A) to (B) is 3:2, and stirring treatment is carried out for 20 min. And after vacuum filtration and water washing, drying at 80 ℃ for 2h to obtain the composite material of conductive carbon black and nano-silicon coated by the N, S and B three-heteroatom doped carbon shell, wherein the composite material is used as a negative electrode material of a lithium ion battery.
Compared with the embodiment 1, the material has no P atom doping, reduces the using amount of water and asphalt and changes the conductive agent into conductive carbon black, has little change of reversible capacity, but reduces the capacity retention rate.
Example 3
(1) Pretreatment of a carbon precursor: weighing 2g of phenolic resin, grinding the phenolic resin into powder in a mortar, pouring the powder into a conical flask filled with 50ml of ethanol solution, and stirring for 20 min; and then weighing 2g of urea and 1g of ethyl phosphonate, sequentially adding the urea and the ethyl phosphonate into the solution, carrying out ultrasonic treatment for 10min, and then stirring and evaporating to dryness to obtain the medium-temperature asphalt mixed with the nitrogen source and the phosphorus source.
(2) Silicon powder oxidation treatment: the industrial silicon powder and water are filled into a ball milling tank according to the mass ratio of 1:3, argon is introduced for protection, and then high-energy ball milling treatment is carried out for 4 hours at the rotating speed of 1000 r/min. Transferring the treated powder into a tube furnace, heating to 800 ℃ under the protection of argon, and keeping the temperature for 2h to obtain SiO2And a mixture of Si.
(3) Carbon coating treatment: mixing doped phenolic resin and SiO2the/Si mixture and the graphene are filled into a ball milling tank according to the mass ratio of 2:5:1, argon is introduced for protection, and high-energy ball milling treatment is carried out for 2 hours at the rotating speed of 1000r/min to obtain the graphene and SiO coated by the phenolic resin2A composite material of/Si. Transferring the material into a tube furnace, heating to 650 ℃ under the protection of argon, and preserving heat for 2h to obtain N and P double-heteroatom doped carbon-coated graphene and SiO2A composite material of/Si.
(4) Hydrofluoric acid etching treatment: pouring the materials into hydrofluoric acid solution with the mass fraction of 5 wt%, wherein the hydrofluoric acid and the SiO are2The mass ratio of (A) to (B) is 3:2, and stirring treatment is carried out for 20 min. And after vacuum filtration and water washing, drying at 80 ℃ for 2h to obtain the N and P heteroatom doped carbon shell coated graphene and nano silicon composite material, wherein the composite material is used as a lithium ion battery cathode material.
Example 4
(1) Pretreatment of a carbon precursor: weighing 2g of high-temperature asphalt in a mortar, grinding into powder, pouring into a conical flask filled with 50ml of toluene solution, and stirring for 20 min; and then weighing 1g of dibenzyl disulfide and 1g of triphenylphosphine, adding the dibenzyl disulfide and the triphenylphosphine into the solution, carrying out ultrasonic treatment for 10min, and then stirring and evaporating to dryness to obtain the high-temperature asphalt mixed with the sulfur source and the phosphorus source.
(2) Silicon powder oxidation treatment: the industrial silicon powder and water are filled into a ball milling tank according to the mass ratio of 1:1, argon is introduced for protection, and then high-energy ball milling treatment is carried out for 5 hours at the rotating speed of 1000 r/min. Transferring the treated powder into a tube furnace, heating to 800 ℃ under the protection of argon, and keeping the temperature for 2h to obtain SiO2And a mixture of Si.
(3) Carbon coating treatment: mixing the doped asphalt、SiO2the/Si mixture and the carbon nanofibers are filled into a ball milling tank according to the mass ratio of 3:5:0.5, argon is introduced for protection, and high-energy ball milling treatment is carried out for 2 hours at the rotating speed of 1000r/min to obtain the graphene and SiO coated by the asphalt2A composite material of/Si. Transferring the material into a tube furnace, heating to 750 ℃ under the protection of argon, and preserving heat for 2h to obtain carbon nanofiber and SiO coated with S and P double heteroatom doped carbon2A composite material of/Si.
(4) Hydrofluoric acid etching treatment: pouring the materials into hydrofluoric acid solution with the mass fraction of 5 wt%, wherein the hydrofluoric acid and the SiO are2The mass ratio of (A) to (B) is 3:2, and stirring treatment is carried out for 20 min. And after vacuum filtration and water washing, drying at 80 ℃ for 2h to obtain the composite material of the carbon nanofiber and the nano silicon coated by the S and P double-heteroatom doped carbon shell, wherein the composite material is used as a negative electrode material of a lithium ion battery.
Comparative example 1
(1) Silicon powder oxidation treatment: the industrial silicon powder and water are filled into a ball milling tank according to the mass ratio of 1:1, argon is introduced for protection, and then high-energy ball milling treatment is carried out for 2 hours at the rotating speed of 1000 r/min. Transferring the treated powder into a tube furnace, heating to 800 ℃ under the protection of argon, and keeping the temperature for 2h to obtain SiO2And a mixture of Si.
(2) Carbon coating treatment: mixing medium temperature asphalt and SiO2the/Si mixture and the carbon nano tube are filled into a ball milling tank according to the mass ratio of 3:5:1, argon is introduced for protection, and high-energy ball milling treatment is carried out for 2 hours at the rotating speed of 1000r/min to obtain the carbon nano tube and SiO coated by the asphalt2A composite material of/Si. Transferring the material into a tube furnace, heating to 850 ℃ under the protection of argon, and keeping the temperature for 2h to obtain carbon-coated carbon nano tube and SiO2A composite material of/Si.
(3) Hydrofluoric acid etching treatment: pouring the materials into hydrofluoric acid solution with the mass fraction of 5 wt%, wherein the hydrofluoric acid and the SiO are2The mass ratio of (A) to (B) is 3:2, and stirring treatment is carried out for 20 min. And after vacuum filtration and water washing, drying at 80 ℃ for 2h to obtain the carbon-coated carbon nanotube and nano silicon composite material, wherein the composite material is used as a lithium ion battery cathode material.
The carbon layer in the silicon-carbon composite material prepared by the method is free of heteroatom doping, and the electrochemical test result shows that the initial capacity of the cathode material is low and is 1321mAh g-1The cycling stability is poor, and the capacity retention rate after 200 cycles is 81%.
Comparative example 2
(1) Pretreatment of a carbon precursor: weighing 2g of medium-temperature asphalt in a mortar, grinding into powder, pouring into a conical flask filled with 50ml of toluene solution, and stirring for 20 min; and then weighing 2g of melamine, 1g of sublimed sulfur, 0.5g of sodium tetraphenylborate and 1g of red phosphorus, sequentially adding the melamine, the sublimed sulfur, the 0.5g of sodium tetraphenylborate and the 1g of red phosphorus into the solution, carrying out ultrasonic treatment for 10min, and then stirring and evaporating to dryness to obtain the medium-temperature asphalt mixed with the nitrogen source, the sulfur source, the boron source and the phosphorus source.
(2) Carbon coating treatment: loading the doped asphalt, the industrial silicon powder and the carbon nano tube into a ball milling tank according to the mass ratio of 3:5:1, introducing argon gas for protection, and carrying out high-energy ball milling treatment for 2 hours at the rotating speed of 1000r/min to obtain the asphalt-coated carbon nano tube and SiO2A composite material of/Si. The material is transferred into a tube furnace, heated to 850 ℃ under the protection of argon gas and insulated for 2h to obtain the composite material of N, S, B and P multi-heteroatom co-doped carbon-coated carbon nano tube and silicon, and the composite material is used as a lithium ion battery cathode material.
Electrochemical results show that the material has a first efficiency of 85%, the specific capacity decays faster from 1857mAh/g to 849mAh/g in the first 100 cycles, and the capacity is much lower than that of example 1.
Comparative example 3
(1) Pretreatment of a carbon precursor: weighing 2g of medium-temperature asphalt in a mortar, grinding into powder, pouring into a conical flask filled with 50ml of toluene solution, and stirring for 20 min; and then weighing 2g of melamine, 1g of sublimed sulfur, 0.5g of sodium tetraphenylborate and 1g of red phosphorus, sequentially adding the melamine, the sublimed sulfur, the 0.5g of sodium tetraphenylborate and the 1g of red phosphorus into the solution, carrying out ultrasonic treatment for 10min, and then stirring and evaporating to dryness to obtain the medium-temperature asphalt mixed with the nitrogen source, the sulfur source, the boron source and the phosphorus source.
(2) Silicon powder oxidation treatment: industrial silicon powder and water are filled into a ball milling tank according to the mass ratio of 1:1Introducing argon gas for protection, and then carrying out high-energy ball milling treatment for 2 hours at the rotating speed of 1000 r/min. Transferring the treated powder into a tube furnace, heating to 800 ℃ under the protection of argon, and keeping the temperature for 2h to obtain SiO2And a mixture of Si.
(3) Carbon coating treatment: mixing the doped asphalt and SiO2the/Si mixture is filled into a ball milling tank according to the mass ratio of 3:5:1, argon is introduced for protection, and high-energy ball milling treatment is carried out for 2 hours at the rotating speed of 1000r/min to obtain the carbon nano tube and SiO coated by the asphalt2A composite material of/Si. Transferring the material into a tube furnace, heating to 850 ℃ under the protection of argon, and keeping the temperature for 2h to obtain the multi-heteroatom doped carbon-coated SiO2A composite material of/Si.
(4) Hydrofluoric acid etching treatment: pouring the materials into hydrofluoric acid solution with the mass fraction of 5 wt%, wherein the hydrofluoric acid and the SiO are2The mass ratio of (A) to (B) is 3:2, and stirring treatment is carried out for 20 min. And after vacuum filtration and water washing, drying at 80 ℃ for 2h to obtain the N, S, B and P multi-heteroatom co-doped carbon-coated nano-silicon composite material, wherein the composite material is used as a lithium ion battery cathode material.
Electrochemical results show that the reversible capacity of the material is low, 1328 mAh/g, after 500 cycles, the capacity retention rate is 76%, and the cycle performance is poorer than that of the sample in the embodiment 1.
Examples of the effects of the invention
The battery negative electrode materials prepared in the examples and the comparative examples are applied to lithium ion batteries, and the performances of the lithium ion batteries are examined.
TABLE 1 analysis of the performance of the negative electrode materials for lithium ion batteries prepared in the examples and comparative examples